Pinedo
Pinedo v. A Place For Mom
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
HECTOR PINEDO,
Case No. 24-cv-03875-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND
A PLACE FOR MOM, STAYING NON-INDIVIDUAL PAGA
CLAIMS Defendant. Re: Dkt. No.
12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Hector Pinedo is a former hourly, non-exempt employee of Defendant A Place for Mom (“APFM”) and brings wage and hour claims under California law on behalf of a putative class of similarly situated employees. At the outset of his employment, Pinedo signed an arbitration agreement with APFM in which he: 1) agreed that any individual claims he wished to assert against APFM would be subject to arbitration; and 2) waived the right to assert claims against APFM on behalf of others, to the extent permitted by law. Presently before the Court is APFM’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Dismiss or Stay Proceedings (“Motion”). A…